Mixer.



W. J. MILLER.

MIXER.

APPLICATIONIILED DEC.6, 1911.

LWUQSQV I Patented June 25,1918.

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TLLIAM J. MILLER, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

ME t1 specification of Letters Patent. Patngnilmd June 25, 1911,

Application filed December 6, 1917. Serial No. 205,712.

power plants on automobiles, trucks, airplanes and similar craft.

The primary object of my invention 1s to provide a manifold and carbureter attachment in the form of a member that may be easily and uickly mounted in the lower end of a mani old or the fuel outlet end of a carbureter, to provide-a constricted passage adapted to cause a greater commingling of the ingredients of a fuel, to economize in theuse of fuel, prevent backfirin into the carbureter, produce a greater m1 cage per gallon of fuel consumed, and insure a complete and uniform mixtureof air and vaporized asolene to the cylinders of an engine.

A further object of my invention is to accomplish the above results by means which may be stationary or non-adjustable, also by a device that may be adjusted so as to regulate the flow of fuel to an engine, and thus obtain a desired quantity of fuel for a specific type of engine.

My invention will be hereinafter described and then claimed, and reference will be had to the drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a conventional form of carbureter attached to a manifold connection provided with a device in accordance with this invention, showing what may be considered a fixed and non-adjustable type of device;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross sectional v1ew taken on the line 11-11 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a portion of a carbureter' and manifold connection provided with an adjustable form of device.

First referring to Figs. land 2, the reference numeral 1 denotes a conventional form of carbureter and suitably connected thereto is a manifold connection 2. In the end of the manifold connection 2 is suitably mounted a member or plug 3, and said member has the ends thereof provided with tapering'openings l adapted to communicate through the medium of a small central opening 5, the openin 5 providing a restricted passage through t e member or plug. The' openings 4 taper inwardly from the ends of the member and mounted in the openings in spaced relation to the walls thereof are spherical bodies 6 serving as deflectors. The spherical bodies 6 may be stationary or fixedly held on pins 7 suitably mounted in the member 3, and when there is a suction or reduction of atmospheric pressure in the manifold connection 2, fuel is drawn around the innermost deflector 6 into the opening 5 and impinges against the outermost deflector 6 and is deflected or directed toward the walls of the manifold connection 2. In this manner the supply of fuel is concentrated at the .openin 5, and any solid portions of the fuel bro en up, whereby there is a more intimate commingling of air and vaporized gasolene, thus materially increasing the efliciency of an engine.

11 Fig. 3 of the drawing, there is illustrated a portion of a carbureter having an outlet connection 8 provided with a spider 9. Suitably connected to the outlet connection 8 is a manifold connection 10 having a member 11 similar to the member 3. In the opening of the member 11 are adjustable deflectors 12 and 13, the latter having a stem 14 adjustable inthe spider 9. The deflector 12 has a stem 15 adjustable in the stem 14:, and both stems are provided with worms 16.

Extending into the outlet connection 8 are screws 17 and 18 meshing with the worms 16 of the stems 14 and 15 respectively. By adjusting the screw 17 the deflector 12 may be moved to and from the walls of the member 11, and by adjusting the screw 18 the deflector 13 may be moved to and from the walls of the member 11. It is by virtue of these two adjustable deflectors that the passage of fuel through the member 11 may be regulated.

While in the drawings there are illustrated the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such changes as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. The combination with a manifold connection, of a member mounted therein and provided with end openings tapering inwardly to form a restricted passage, and spherical bodies supported by said member in the. ends of the passage thereof.

2. The combination with a earbureter and manifold connection, of a member in said manifold connection provided with a restricted passage, and bodies in the restricted passage of said member adaptedto be man- J0 nally adjusted.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM J. MILLER.

Witnesses:

KARL H. BUTLER, ANNA M. Donn. 

